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The finished building will look nothing like the renders. The "crack" that's shown in all the renders as filled with lush greenery faces north. It will be in pe
by hannasanarion 5y ago
The finished building will look nothing like the renders. The "crack" that's shown in all the renders as filled with lush greenery faces north. It will be in permanent shade. If they actually do plant all those trees, they'll be dead within months.
- booi 5y agoIt looks like to the south of the building is the river. They probably optimized that side for residential units to increase profits. That being said, they could always use massive lights to keep the trees alive...
- hannasanarion 5y agoNah, the river is on the other side of the traintracks further to the north. To the south is the Cole and Five Points neighborhoods, which are in early stages of redevelopment
- conductr 5y agoThis can be said for nearly every architectural rendering. They aren’t used by architects to build/design, they are used by sales to sell.
- WillPostForFood 5y agoThere are plenty of tree and plant choices that don't need direct sunlight. Denver is a sunny city, with the right choices it will be green and thrive.
- dasil003 5y agoAll good, they'll just put one of these across the street: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/20_Fenchurch_Street https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/20_Fenchurch_Street
- ericbarrett 5y agoIf you hike in temperate, mountainous areas, you'll find the greenest areas are on the north slopes (in the northern hemisphere—in other words, the shady side). Maybe not with the plants in the renders, but making it green shouldn't be a problem.
- lordofgibbons 5y agoIn dry areas like Colorado, that's because snow on the north facing slopes melt much later and provides water later in the season. So while the soil on the other sides are already dry when the sunlight is the strongest, the north slope soil still has water left.
- ericbarrett 5y agoIt's also ferns and moss that can't grow in direct sunlight and high temperatures (120+F ground under sunlight). You'll see this phenomenon even in areas where there's little or no snowpack, e.g. the Diablo range in California.
- gchadwick 5y agoMaybe the builders are capable of doing a 10 second web search to discover trees that grow in shade: https://www.thespruce.com/twelve-trees-for-full-shade-3269670 https://www.thespruce.com/twelve-trees-for-full-shade-326967...?
- oogali 5y agoBut how will they deal with snow? Denver averages 60 inches per year (~150 cm).
- bkjelden 5y agoThere are plenty of trees in Denver - and even more trees up in the mountains nearby where they can get 2x-4x that much snow in a year.
- louiswilbrink 5y agoSnow doesn't last 24 hours in Denver.
- Mikeb85 5y agoPlenty of plants can grow in shade. And if you look at the render of the facade, it's not completely opaque...
- jacquesm 5y agoShade is more constant than sun, so effectively this makes the end result much more predictable and less maintenance intensive.
- fy20 5y agoThey can always get plastic plants from IKEA.